I may have witnessed the greatest race in history. I’m talking about the Men’s 4 x 100 swimming relay. Did you guys catch it? The French were the favorites heading into the race. Even American commentators and swimming experts put little faith in the American’s abilities to pull off a gold medal.
To add fuel to the fire, one of the French swimmers before the race said, "The Americans? We’re going to smash them. That’s why we came here." Well, lo and behold guess who won? That’s right! The good ol’ US of A. Michael Phelps was of course the big name winning the second gold of his possible eight gold medals, but the true hero of the night was Jason Lezak. The guy was absolutely incredible. I have never seen a guy swim a better leg of a race than he swam tonight. It will go down in history as one of the best Olympic swims ever.
While all four members of that team contributed and have a right to be proud, Lezak should be especially proud of the effort he put forth tonight. Truly, there are not words to adequately describe what he just did. Utterly amazing.
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